Example sentences of "[indef pn] [is] [verb] for a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm that in fact one of the odd points here is that when a person is convicted , that information is public , but nevertheless as the years go by and indeed er this has been recognized in for instance the rehabilitation of offenders act , it becomes private information and if someone 's looking for a job the fact that he was convicted of an offence many years ago should not be er er relevant . |
| 2 | 1 You work in an estate agency and someone is looking for a property for £30,000 . |
| 3 | One obvious example is the telephone number that is looked up , the directory closed , and then one is distracted for a moment by someone asking the time . |
| 4 | This one 's going for a walk |
| 5 | ‘ This one 's waiting for a guy to come back from some big-shit business deal . |
| 6 | These are supplies of services and standard-rated because something is done for a consideration and it is outside the zero rate and exempt groups , not being an interest in land ( Neville Russell ( 1987 ) 3 BVC 611 at p 615 ; Notice 742B , para 14 ) . |